Benjamin Bird, 36, from Newport was sentenced at Newport Crown Court after admitting a string of domestic violence offences against his former partner, including strangulation and suffocation.

Hazel Templeton was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault on a male under 14 following a trial at Newport Crown Court.

Patrick Teehan, 57, took more than £82,000 from 15 victims and used fake suicide attempts and lies about his wife having cancer as excuses for not completing work.

Jason Bartlett, 47, was jailed for 32 months after officers caught him mid-deal in Cwmbran and found heroin and crack cocaine.

Rizwan Mohammed, 19, drove the wrong way around a roundabout and reversed into police cars during a high-speed chase before officers found crack cocaine worth more than £2,000.

Shawna Miller, 28, knocked out a grandmother’s front teeth after being asked to keep the noise down at a Porthcawl caravan park while a child slept.

Jordan Martin, 33, was caught with more than 1kg of cocaine during a raid at his Newport home and has now faced a proceeds of crime hearing.

A teenager was shot through a letterbox in Cardiff, leaving him with multiple wounds. Two men from Bristol have been sentenced to a combined 19 years.

Hung Phan, 29, was sentenced to nine months after Gwent Police officers discovered 240 cannabis plants across three rooms in a Newport city centre flat on Commercial Street.

Nathan O’Mara, 38, assaulted a teenage boy he accused of bullying his daughter after driving to the school and confronting him at home time.

Paul Hallisey, 34, of Caerau, Cardiff, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court after being found guilty of rape alongside a string of drug offences committed while on bail.

Matthew Thomas, 29, of Caldicot, has been jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a boy under 13.